Zaloopa

This works for me, since I always see my builds as a work in progress.

Lazarus SF
Team Size: 6
Deaths: 5
Time: 33:19

Next up on the List is the 2nd Treespec (Level 34+) followed by the Ice Mistral Strike Force (Level 35+). So if you feel like beating up the Circle of Thorns repeatedly meet up in Nerva next Sunday, August 26th at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT!

So looking over that list it appears that in the first 5 years of the game we got roughly 5.4 new powersets per year(not counting proliferation), 2.4 of which were free.

In the past year we've had 10 new powersets released, 3 of which are free. So as VIPs our rate of free powersets hasn't gone down since freedom launched and because of the monthly stipend you can technically get most of the paid sets for "free" also.

This pretty much sums up my feelings.

I once joined an ITF and we had a Shield/Elec tanker that had an amazing build. He could jump ahead and solo all the Cysts in the second mission very quickly. On the final mission he jumped ahead and almost killed Romulus by the time the team caught up. The problem with this was that it was advertised as a shard/xp run and the team leader asked the tanker not to rush ahead several times. Also every time he ran off the squishies of the team would die repeatedly because at that point it was up to my MA/SR scrapper to tank and I couldn't grab enough aggro for that.

That guy obviously had a lot of combat skill but I wouldn't consider him a skilled player. A lot of people don't seem realize that being a skilled soloer doesn't automatically convert into being a skilled team player.

I use Domination as an end heal all the time. In fact that's one of the best things about perma-dom, you get a full end heal every time it goes off.

One thing I've gotten used to is when I know I want to do something with a long animation (like place an Acid Mortar) I will wait until I see the blue warning indicator then move to a safe place and drop it, that usually gives me enough time to place it and move out of the way of the next one. Of course then your Acid Mortar is in the middle of a damage patch, but traps is just at a general disadvantage in a fight like that.

Hmmm, yeah, the tatoos and back emblems would be a nice touch to add to the revamp. I won't hold my breath though, the CoT emblem on the forehead would have been a nice touch too but it didn't happen.

I can confirm that deleting works for this temp power.

Actually it's still there. I don't think it's changed at all.

The sad thing is that when I read his post that was the first thing I thought of, but for some reason I never connected it to the initials SI.

SI?

Metronome is a disembodied entity that can possess things. That seems like a ghost to me. By your own logic (ie. the Well is magic because it seems like magic) that makes him a ghost.

I don't think this is an indicator because Shivans are also vulnerable to the ghost slaying axe. The fact that those ghosts drop magic enhancements is really the only valid part of your argument, and I agree with it.

They also sell for a ridiculous amount on the black market.

For future events like this I think a good way to avoid the boredom would be to have an objective for the event. It would take development time but would make your lives easier if you could have some object that spawns enemies and the players need to destroy that object. The rate at which it spawns enemies could be based on the number of players within a certain range of it, you could probably use a modified version of the rikti invasion code for this. It could have an insane amount of HP but very low regen to ensure that the fight isn't over too fast but also that stopping to clean up the spawned critters doesn't make you lose all your progress. Maybe have it occasionally spawn a critter that will try to heal it so that players have extra incentive to watch the spawns.

That way all you guys have to do is drop the object in zone and it handles the rest for you. On larger servers you could drop multiple objects. Then any witty banter or signature enemies you want to throw out would just be icing on the cake.

Huh? Malta Gunslingers pull their guns out of thin air just like players do. Maelstrom has his guns holstered at his side when not attacking and then pulls them out of the holsters instead of thin air, leaving empty holsters once he's drawn them.

Just a note to add to this: Maelstrom already has holstered guns that he actually draws for his attacks. I keep hoping they'd do the same at least for the other signature characters with weapons.